National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Part of Health and Social Care – in the House of Commons at on 7 May 2019.

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Photo of Matthew Hancock Matthew Hancock Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The hon. Lady rightly raises an important case, and I have met her about it and followed it closely. As she says, there is work ongoing and happening this week to try to make progress. NICE is currently developing technical appraisal guidance on the use of the drug Spinraza, to which she refers. We are working to ensure that we can get it right.